Elizabeth d'Aviniere, a mixed-race great-niece of the Lord Chief Justice, fears for her children's safety and longs for her mother, an African-born enslaved woman, in 1802 London. Why did she stop writing? Was she dead? Had she been recaptured? This novel reveals the deception exercised by the powerful on a child known as Dido, adding to our understanding of a trauma that continues to exist in contemporary life.

Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 290 pages
Publication date: 31 March 2021
Publisher: Papillote Press

Dangerous Freedom

London in 1802 is a dangerous place for black people, unsure of their legal status and threatened by slave catchers. Elizabeth d'Aviniere, the mixed-race great-niece of the Lord Chief Justice, who had spent her childhood in his home, now fears for her own children's safety and yearns for her mother, an African-born enslaved woman. Why did she no longer write? Was she dead? Had she been recaptured?

Dangerous Freedom

Dangerous Freedom weaves fact with fiction to reveal the great deception exercised by the powerful on the child known as Dido as seen through the eyes of the adult Elizabeth. This magnificent and radical portrayal of a known historical character adds to our understanding of a trauma that continues to exist just below the surface of contemporary life.

Weight: 290g
Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781999776862